(2210) Lois

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Asteroid
(2210) Lois
Properties of the orbit ( animation )
Orbit type Main belt asteroid
Asteroid family Hertha family
Major semi-axis 2.4035  AU
eccentricity 0.2279
Perihelion - aphelion 1.8556 AU - 2.9513 AU
Inclination of the orbit plane 2.929 °
Sidereal period 3.73 a
Mean orbital velocity 19.21 km / s
Physical Properties
Medium diameter ? km
Albedo ?
Rotation period ? H
Absolute brightness 13,812 likes
Spectral class ?
history
Explorer CJ and I. van Houten-Groeneveld ,
T. Gehrels
Date of discovery September 24, 1960
Another name 9597 PL, 1975 TY 2
Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items.

(2210) Lois is an asteroid of the main belt that was discovered on September 24, 1960 by the Dutch research team Cornelis Johannes van Houten , Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld and Tom Gehrels as part of the Palomar-Leiden Survey .

The asteroid is named after the wife of the American astronomer Ralph Belknap Baldwin .

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